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Originally Posted by Angel Of Mercy
Mark Twain: Thank you very, very much. I have confidence as well that it'll be a blast. Let us, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard was wont to say, "make it so." I must tell you up front that your screen name utterly floors me; Mr. Clemens was probably the greatest American writer of them all and his work has been a lengthy and surpassing joy to me for most of my life. I would not DARE to have taken it for my own, even had it been available. Wear it with enormous pride and bring it honor. (And your sig photo of Johnny Depp as a more contemporary inspiration of mine is dead on target as well. That Doctor could ROCK.)
Otter: Thank you as well. (Hope you find the salmon.)
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Well, I am a foul-mouthed contrarian from Missouri, so Mr. Clemen's nom-de-plume seemd most fitting. Of course, his stuff still sells better than mine.
As for the Hunter Thompson salute, my actual writing style is much more influenced by him. Satire I get from Twain; verbal bombast I get from Thompson. As Hunter was WONT to say: "I piss down the throats of these Nazis!" I'll let everyone guess as to who the Nazis in this case are. . .
M. Twain
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